Tag: Ether

Ether 9 I am coming to the conclusion that comparisons between our society and societies that warrant imminent destruction from the Lord are generally overstated. The things the people would do exceed what almost anyone would do today. We see hints of such wickedness and we certainly could become that wicked but we are not…

Ether 8 It is wisdom in God that the nature of secret combinations should be shown into us that they may not get above us. In other words, they already exist and we must work to minimize and eliminate them rather than buying into them. This is not simply, “do not start such combinations” but…

Ether 7 While was forgiving of his brother who rebelled against his father and of his great-nephew (the son of his nephew) who returned the half of his kingdom which had been taken by his nephew (the son of the brother he had forgiven). The reign of Shule and the treatment of the prophets during…

Ether 5 – 6 I get the impression that Moroni did not get to write the preceding chapter outlining the commandments regarding the record of what the brother of Jared saw until long after he received the command. Perhaps, having been given the command to seal those words up as he began the translation, he…

Ether 4 These greatest things ever made manifest are probably not exactly what the world might expect from that description. They might expect some detailed forecast of all future events in human history. I’m sure there are marvelous prophecies there but I suspect that the greatest things ever revealed have more to do with an…

Ether 3 Anyone who has received seer stones from the Lord will have power to see anything from the beginning of the world until the end. It is possible that some do not seek everything that is available through the stones but I am confident that all have full access once they are entrusted with…

Ether 2 The Jaredites carried with them everything they would need including not only land animals but birds, fish, and bees as well. In building the barges to cross the ocean there are two problems which the brother of Jared brings to the Lord which are often discussed as an illustration of different ways that…

Ether 1 Moroni indicates that whoever got the plates of Ether would have power to read his full account. We’re those plates available to Joseph Smith? If so, did he learn anything about the time from Adam to the tower from them? We always speak of the. Either of Jared praying and the fact that…

Ether 9The secret combination of Akish was probably not the first secret combination in the land if it had such great hold on so many people in such a short period of time that they could kill Jared while he gave audience from his throne. The wild swings from righteousness to wickedness among the Jaredites…

Enter 8The Jaredites had a secret combination within five generations of arrivin in the land. The Nephites took about twice that long. Perhaps the difference was that the Jaredites did not hide the record of the secret combinations that had existed before they came to the promised land.